One of my friends at my locals also ran a similar build at one point that had Soulfire Grand Master as an infinite mana combo enabler with Dragonrage granted you have 4 or more creatures on the battlefield. Jeskai Ascendancy also allows for some stupid shenanigans as well.

_________________"Stax is the hero we need but don't deserve. Too many people just play dumb stuff and often games devolve into "who does their dumb stuff first". People essentially just goldfishing. Great social format you got here Sheldon." - illakunsaa

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_________________"The President's job - and if someone sufficiently vain and stupid is picked he won't realize this - is not to wield power, but to draw attention away from it." -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide tot he Galaxy Radio Transcripts predicting the future.

I'd also try to find room for Murmuring Mystic, and swap out Melek for The Locust God. Melek can be really powerful, but unless you're max'ed out on Brainstorm/Sensei's Top effects, you're going to whiff with his copy ability a disappointing amount of time. It's also a non-bo with prowess (the copies don't count as being cast). The Locust God fits better with your overall game plan, keeps the flow of pump spells going, and is annoying to get rid of to boot.

I'd also cut your 5 least favorite instants/sorcs to run the spread of banned/restricted cantrips (Treasure Cruise, Dig through Time, Ponder, Preordain, Brainstorm).

This deck tends to run out of gas fairly quickly especially If I have the ability to potentially one shot someone when I'm not ready for it however this isn't the kind of deck where I can afford to wait for the ideal board state to start taking action. One of the only times this deck actually won was when one of my friends was borrowing it as he actually managed to one shot everyone at the table due to having better luck drawing all the cards he needed at the time.

_________________"Stax is the hero we need but don't deserve. Too many people just play dumb stuff and often games devolve into "who does their dumb stuff first". People essentially just goldfishing. Great social format you got here Sheldon." - illakunsaa

Labman will be bad unless you actually consistently deck yourself. I see this as unlikely, given that you're basically relying on having Locust God and Skullclamp to draw cards. This is why Kemev suggested the draw spells like Dig Through Time - they help keep you in the game. You also should really reconsider Murmuring Mystic, and probably Monastery Mentor if you can find/afford one. You're already running YP, and redundancy on that effect is useful. You've got some pretty underwhelming creatures like Blistercoil Weird that you could easily ditch for better ones.

You could also consider the on-color Zenith spells (like Blue Sun's Zenith) as they will shuffle in for later re-use.

_________________"The President's job - and if someone sufficiently vain and stupid is picked he won't realize this - is not to wield power, but to draw attention away from it." -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide tot he Galaxy Radio Transcripts predicting the future.

_________________"Stax is the hero we need but don't deserve. Too many people just play dumb stuff and often games devolve into "who does their dumb stuff first". People essentially just goldfishing. Great social format you got here Sheldon." - illakunsaa

Blistercoil Weird's mainly in here to combo with Paradise Mantle once I'm able to get Jeskai Ascendancy out.

That's.... really bad. You're running a terrible card to get marginal synergy out of an unimpressive equipment relying on having a 3rd card to do something not very powerful. Blistercoil and Paradise Mantle should probably both go. While we're on the subject, Nivix Guildmage isn't that exciting either. His abilities are expensive and a non-bo with your general since the copies will not trigger Prowess. Gelectrode is borderline, but at least can help mow down utility dorks.

_________________"The President's job - and if someone sufficiently vain and stupid is picked he won't realize this - is not to wield power, but to draw attention away from it." -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide tot he Galaxy Radio Transcripts predicting the future.

Marginal synergy that relies heavily on cantrip spells as gas by the looks of things but works If I'm able to consistently draw into one cantrip spell after another. I made a few new changes to the deck though I'm tempted to add in cards with Transmute to help tutor out cards I need with Drift of Phantasms, Dizzy Spell, Muddle the Mixture, and Tolaria West.

_________________"Stax is the hero we need but don't deserve. Too many people just play dumb stuff and often games devolve into "who does their dumb stuff first". People essentially just goldfishing. Great social format you got here Sheldon." - illakunsaa